Leon Morin, Priest [Blu-ray]

Director: Jean-Pierre Melville Jean-Pierre Melville

Overview

A richly contemplative saga of grief, this is the tale of a young war widow who is helped to work through her doubts and bitterness by a young priest.

Product Details

Release Date:	07/02/2019
UPC:	0738329238728
Original Release:	1961
Rating:	NR
Source:	Kl Studio Classics
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[B&W, Wide Screen]
Sound:	[DTS 5.1-Channel Surround Sound]
Language:	English
Time:	2:08:00
Sales rank:	30,642

Special Features

Audio commentary by filmmaker and historian Mike Siegel; Interview with assistant director Volker Schlöndorff; Master Class with Phillipe Labro & Rémy Grumbach; Theatrical trailer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Jean-Paul Belmondo	Léon Morin
Emanuelle Riva	Barny,Barny
Patricia Gozzi	France,France Aronovitch,France
Irene Tunc	Christine,Christine Sangredin
Nicole Mirel	Sabine Levy
Gisèle Grimm	Actor,Lucienne
Marco Behar	Actor
Monique Bertho	Actor
Marc Eyraud	Actor
Nina Grégoire	Actor
Monique Hennessy	Arlette
Edith Loria	Actor
Micheline Schererre	Actor
Gérard Buhr	Gunther
Howard Vernon	The colonel
Renee Liques	Actor
Simone Vannier	Actor
Lucienne Marchand	Actor
Volker Schlöndorff	la sentinelle
Nelly Pitorre	Une secrétaire
Ernest Varial	Le directeur
Cédric Grant	American soldier
George Lambert	American soldier
Claude Achard	Actor
Adeline Aucoc	Femme
Maurice Auzel	un homme dans l'église Saint-Bernard
André Badin	Actor
Madeleine Ganne	Betty
Albert Raisner	Composer
Martial Solal	Composer

Technical Credits

Jean-Pierre Melville

Béatrix Beck

Jean-Pierre Melville	Director,Screenwriter
Georges de Beauregard	Producer
Carlo Ponti	Producer
Béatrix Beck	Screenwriter
Robert Cambourakis	Sound Effects
Jean Gaudelet	Sound Effects
Jacques Maumont	Sound Effects
Guy Villette	Sound Effects,Sound/Sound Designer

Editorial Reviews

Léon Morin, Prêtre was one of the first films to take a serious look at life in France under the Nazi occupation. Writer-director Jean-Pierre Melville uses his priest protagonist (Jean-Paul Belmondo) to chronicle the lives of the residents of the small occupied town, from those who fight in the Resistance to those who simply want to survive. The central story explores the sexual tension between priest and parishioner, with an unusually frank approach for the early 1960s. Melville's detailed, observant portrait imbues the film with a unique credibility, and Belmondo gives a sexy, charismatic performance that enhances the film's thematic contrasts. Léon Morin is also uncommon for the early 1960s in its passionate argument against anti-Semitism. Few films before or after have examined spirituality and religion in so convincing a manner.